MLB Trade Rumors: Latest on Felix Hernandez, David Price and More

MLB Trade Rumors continue to swirl as spring training gets closer, and April 1 is not that far away either.

With the bigger names off the market, attention now turns to the role players and others either looking for a new home or that might be moved soon. A lot of the focus now will shift to Zack Greinke and the like as possible candidates for relocation.

Greinke was the hot name even when Cliff Lee was still on the market, though nothing seems to be set in stone yet. But there have been rumors, especially involving the Yankees and the Blue Jays.

Felix Hernandez

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Hernandez is young, a flamethrower and an innings eater. That makes him extremely valuable and extremely desired by other teams.

The Yankees have already called about Hernandez, but Jon Heyman of SI tweeted that Hernandez is not available, making it the second time in six months that the Mariners turned down a Yankee proposal for a trade including a top pitcher.

David Aardsma

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That being said, it looks like the Mariners are making their closer Aardsma available. He's a hard thrower and relatively cheap now, but Ken Rosenthal reported that his price will go up, as he is in arbitration.

With the market flooded with relievers right now, it may be hard for Aardsma to be moved. But a team that perhaps wouldn't want to pay for a Rafael Soriano might come calling to Seattle about Aardsma.

David Price

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Let me first preface this by saying there are no rumors directly suggesting Price will be moved.

However, Joe Sheehan of SI made an interesting point in his baseball column, suggesting that Price could be an interesting option to the Yankees, who are desperately looking for pitching. Sheehan suggested that a deal involving Jesus Montero could be good enough to get it done.

It's an interesting thought. Price is cheap right now, he could be gone in free agency in a couple of years and he would fetch a ton of prospects should the Rays think about moving him. It might be out of the realm of possibility, but it's an interesting thought.

Josh Willingham

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Meanwhile, the Nats continued to be active this offseason, as they seem to have finally moved Josh Willingham. ESPN's Buster Olney tweeted today that the Nationals and Athletics have agreed on a deal that will send Willingham to Oakland in return for two prospects.

It's not officially done yet, but should it go through, the Athletics would finally land the bats they need in Willingham and Hideki Matsui, and it would probably take them out of the running for Adrian Beltre.

Kevin Gregg

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Gregg is one of the better closers available on the market, or at least one of the most desired. A number of teams have been focusing in Gregg, including the Red Sox.

However, it now seems, at least according to Yahoo!, that the Orioles could be close to landing him. The Baltimore Sun reported that the Orioles are negotiating with Gregg and his agent, and it's looking like he could sign with the O's.

Jonathan Papelbon

According to Heyman via Twitter today, the Red Sox are close to landing Bobby Jenks. Olney confirmed that, saying the sides agreed to a two-year, $12 million contract with Jenks.

Of course, with this being the case, that means current Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon is available, according to Heyman. That said, Heyman qualified that because of Papelbon's contract, there's not a ton of interest. But it could be worth watching.

Prince Fielder

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Since the Winter Meetings, the talk of trading Fielder has definitely cooled to the point there's no new developments other than at least the Dodgers being interested.

With news today that the Orioles will sign Adam LaRoche, it looks like they have moved on and made alternative plans. Milwaukee could very well keep him, but are the Brewers willing to risk that they won't get anything in return for him if he leaves after 2011?

Rafael Soriano

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With the Angels now deciding they're set in the bullpen with Scott Downs, one has to wonder if the window has somewhat closed on Soriano right now. There are still a couple of good closers out there competing with him, and perhaps his price might be too high.

He'll get signed somewhere, especially because of his talent. But you have to wonder where he'll land. Right now, a possibility might be Toronto.